60fps timecode

[erik]

Hi
I want to ask if there is any problem to implement receiving 60fps timecode. Or implement generating timecode?
Resolume is becoming more than VJ software and this is kind a basic function to create more advanced setups.


Thanks

[Zoltán]

What's your source for 60FPS timecode?

[erik]

Hi Zoltan,

I thought that Grand MA is able to produce it, but then our light guy said it can only receive 60fps timecode.
Ok I see the problem, there are no generators except DJ link? (i have no experience, but i found it on Resolume Facebook forum)

Main problem why we need time code for Resolume setup is that Resolume is missing possibility of multi-channel audio playback, so we need to sync with other audio program.

[movebandit]

Don´t you think, that 30fps timecode isn´t enough ? I have never seen a production using 60fps Timecode
Just for Example: If you are playing a 60fps Video and receiving 30fps Timecode you´ll get a resync on every 2nd frame of the video. There is not much time ( like 16milliseconds / 1 Frame) to run out of Sync. So why do you need 60fps ? To run the video smoother ? Nope. Or are you talking about a genlock ?

[Christoph]

I don't think that higher framerates are a thing with common timecode protocols. This goes for LTC that we use in Resolume but afaik also for other timecode protocols like ArtNet timecode or MIDI timecode. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Common timecode framerates are 24, 25, 29.97 and 30.

However with the timecode implementation in Resolume if a clip is set to SMPTE timecode it will display exactly the frame of the incoming timecode, but there is no freerun implementation that would show any other frames that are not specified by that timecode. This means with a 30fps timecode and a 60fps file it would skip every second frame (and thus if there would be a 60fps timecode it would theoretically run smoother).

[Zoltán]

The SMPTE timecode standard only has two bits for the frames tens field, if you make every bit in the frame 1s you can only go up to 39.

If your MA can receive 60FPS timecode, it's probably not SMPTE.